FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 288086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main purpose of the Trust is to apply income for the benefit of such charitable bodies or for such other charitable purposes as the Trustees shall decide. The Trustees do not make grants to individuals.

Objects

IN OR TOWARDS THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£100k

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,479.05, which represents a slight increase from the previous year's £3,789.37. The trustees report that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The charity aims to pay out substantially all annual income each year, resulting in low retained reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The aim of the Trustees is to pay out substantially all of the annual income each year.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Investing charity funds policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Bryony Louise Andree Cove
Edmund William Darsie Fetherston-Dilke · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard Thomas Christopher Lane · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£102k	£100k
31/03/2024	£81k	£78k
31/03/2023	£82k	£85k
31/03/2022	£79k	£77k
31/03/2021	£52k	£61k

Common questions

Is FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,479.05, which represents a slight increase from the previous year's £3,789.37. The trustees report that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. The charity aims to pay out substantially all annual income each year, resulting in low retained reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DEMENTIA ADVENTURE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRAZER TRUST.

FRAZER TRUST income £614k
THE JFH CHARITABLE TRUST income £90k
HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £37k
THE RANMORE CHARITABLE TRUST income £17k
THE FULMER CHARITABLE TRUST income £494k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST	£102k	—	below	—	no doubt
FRAZER TRUST FY2025	£614k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JFH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£90k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RANMORE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£17k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FULMER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£494k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.